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, To all whom it may concern UNITED. STATES PATENT vcannon,

-, F'FRIANKYM. GARRY, or B RGEN, NEW YORK.

,FENCE-POFST. '7

Beit known that I, FRANK M. "situate citizen of the United States, residing .atBergen,-in the countyof Genesee,State of New.

York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and I dohereby declare the following :to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same. 7

more particularly to metallic fence-posts, and has for its objeetto providea device of this nature which will be so arranged that.

This invention relates to fence posts, and

wires may be quickly and securely attached thereto, a further object being-to provide a post so constructed that a plurality of wires may be simultaneously attached thereto or detached therefrom, it being thus possible to use the fencing. t

- Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and it will be understood that modifications ofthe specific construction shown .may be made post in connection with woven-wire I and any suitable materials maybe used Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of- I the posts shown in Fig. 1.

. Referring now to the drawings, the present post is formed ofa suitable metallic plate ent upon its central longitudinal axis to form side portions 5 .and 6, which extend at an acute angle to each other, the lower corners of these side portions being cut away to present a sharpened lower end 7, which facilitates the planting of the post in the ground.

Theside portions 5 and 6tare each rovided with a plurality of vertically-space notches 8 in their free edges, the notches of the two side portions registering in pairs for the reception of strand-wires 9 of a fence. These series of notches terminate short of the lower end of the post, the unnotched portion being Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 4, 1905. se ial no. 253,864.-

tween the notches issomewhat less than that between the notches at the u per ends of the series, it being thus possi-b e to place the Patented June 19, 1906. i

designed to .be planted in the ground, and at I the lower ends of theseseries the distance -be-' strand-wires which lie adjacent to theground 1 closer togetherto prevent the ]passage of; f t

small-animals and fowls through e fence.

Below the lowermost notches'8 the side portions 5 and 6 are provided with registering'perforations 5 and 6, respectively, in which there is engaged a transversely-ex.-

tending pin 10, and above the uppermost notches the side portions are rovi ed with registering perforations 5 an 6*, which are similar to the firstmentioned erforations. QA retaining-bar 11 is provi ed, which is bent to form a loop 12 at its lower end, and

this member is disposed with its loop pivotally engaged with thepin 10 topermit of movement of the upper end of the bar to' ward and away from the post, removable engaged in the perforations 5 and 6, and the upper portion of the bar 11 is A pin 13 is:

turned inwardly, as shown at 14, and then upwardly, as shown at '15, the last-named portion being adapted for engagement behind the pin 13 to hold the bar against movement upon the pin 10. When the bar is thus engaged, it lies between the side portions 5 and 6 and rests against the strandwires 9, which are engaged in the notches 8 to prevent disenga ement' of the wires from the notches. It w' 1 thus be apparent that a plurality of wires maybe secured to the postsimultaneously, it being only necessary to move the bar 11 outwardly and downwardly out of its normal position and engagethe wires in the notches, after which the bar is moved. again into'its normal position, and the pin 13 is engaged therewith to hold it in such position. By reason of the fact that the wires of a fence may be simultaneously disengaged from a post the fence may be easily let down when snow has drifted thereagainst or at any other time when it may be desired to do so.

" What is claimed is 1. In a fence-post, the combination with spaced portions having notches therein registeringin pairs and having registering perforations therein above and below the notches, of a pivot-pin engaged in the lowermost perforations, a member havin its lower end bent to form a loop, said pin eingengaged in theloop for pivotal movement of IIO the member thereupon into and out of the space between the spaced portions, the registering notches being adapted for the reception of wires, the upper end of said member being bent inwardly and then upwardly, the upwardly-bent portion lying at the opposite side of the uppermost perforations from the notched ed es of the spaced portions, and a pin remova ly engaged in the u permost per-, forations in engagement with t e upwardlybent portion of the member to hold the'latter against outward pivotal movement, said member when between the spaced portions being adapted for engagement of wire disposed in the notches to hold them in such position.

2. Afence-post comprising a metallic plate bent longitudinally to form portions extending at an angle to'each other, said portions having pairs of registering notches in their free edges and having pairs of registering perforations adj'acen'tto their ends, a pivot-pin engaged in the lower pair of perforations, a retaining-bar bent at its lower end to form an offset loop encircling the pivot-pin, and a pin removably engaged in the upper perforations, said retaining-bar being bent inwardly and then upwardly at its upper end and lying with its upwardly-bent portion inwardly of the removable pin to prevent outward. movement of the retaining-bar, said bar when in engagement with the removable pin lying in position for engagement of wires disposed in the notches to prevent removal thereof.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. GARRY. Witnesses:

GEO. D. WIEDRICH, GEO. SANDS. 

